FAQs

Check out this video! Great explanation by Ryan Bruce.

And/or… let’s explore.

You will be using the 4-cable method to use your Synergy pre-amps with your effects processor.

The basic idea is to “insert” your Synergy Pre-Amps “into” the FX Loop of the Effects Unit (IE: Line 6, Fractal, BOSS…etc)…

They all use “BLOCKS” to build your signal chain. (Examples below)

Note that in the example above, In1 & Out 1 are on the left and right ends, and that blocks were selected to be Out 2 & In 2 (essentially creating an effects loop).

In the example below, the system ALWAYS has an effects loop block by default.

In either case, using the 4-cable method shown above will place your Synergy pre-amps in the effects loop chain of blocks on your effects processor.

TIP: Turn off or remove the amp block – and possibly the cab block, depending on your final output source. This way, you only hear the Synergy Module along with the effects from your processor.

REMEMBER:

Turn off or remove the amp block – and possibly the cab block, depending on your final output source.

This way, you only hear the Synergy Module along with the effects from your processor.

The best way to do this is to use the four cable method (4CM) and program the second Syn2 with the first Syn2 in bypass mode.

• Guitar to ‘INPUT’ (INST IN) in the first SYN2 in the signal chain (Master unit) – use the front or back input.
• From ‘TO AMP IN’ of the Master to the ‘INPUT’ of the second SYN2 (Slave unit) – again, either input, but in this case I’d use the back.
• From the ‘MAIN OUT’ (L MONO) of the Slave to the ‘FROM AMP FX SEND’ of the Master.
• From the MAIN OUT to a power amp, DAW or front of house. You can even try an external amp head’s FX return.
• With the Master set to Bypass the Slave is active
• One foot switch can control all (you will need a midi controller multiple presets and banks)—just need to connect MIDI THRU of the master (or first) SYN2 using a standard 5-pin midi cable, to the MIDI IN of the 2nd SYN2.

This solve has fixed every case.

Take off the lid and check these pictures.

SYNERGY is not the first amp company to create a ‘modular’ design. In the past, some hardware was designed to use single-channel modules (IE: Randall RM100…etc).

Out of respect for our predecessors, we have made ‘most’ of our modules with a switch that changes it from dual to single channel.

Below is a chart of the expected results of using our dual channel modules in single channel hardware.

Note that in some cases, the module was designed with 2 identical channels that you could set differently, so a dual/single switch wasn’t necessary.